Strobilanthes.] ^ cix. AcANTHACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 469 
nate, bracts very small caducous, corolla 1j in. nearly glabrous purple. 
Ruellia divaricata, Wall. Cat. 2372. Goldfussia divaricata, Nees in Wall. 
Pl. As. Rar. iii. 89, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 176.—Strobilanthes sp. n. 23, 
Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T., partly. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 5-9000 ft., from Nepal to Bhotan, common ; Wallich, 
&c. Kuasta Mrs., alt. 3-5000 ft., frequent ; H. f. & T., &c. 
A shrub, 2-5 ft., nearly glabrous. Leaves 54 by 2 in. (in the Himalaya plant 
usually narrower), serrulate, obscurely setulose; nerves 7 pair; petiole} in. Spikes 
very lax, divaricate ; glabrous or (in the Khasia form) thinly hairy upwards. Bracts 
è in., ovate, caducous; bracteoles 3-4 in., obovate-oblong, caducous. Calyx }-1 in., 
subequally divided to the base; segments narrow elongate caudate, often glabrous in 
the Himalaya form, usually hairy (sometimes very hairy in fruit) in the Khasia form. 
Corolla curved, tubular, ventricose, subviscid dark purple, glossy in the high-level 
Himalaya plant. Stamens glabrous or the filaments minutely pubescent at the base. 
Capsule 4 in., glabrate, 4-seeded. Seeds 1p in., ovate, pubescent ; areoles small. 
192. S. rubescens, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 479; lower 
leaves subsessile oblong acuminate subentire coriaceous hairy or glabrate, 
spikes curved, flowers mostly remote not opposite, bracts very small ovate, 
corolla nearly 2 in., seeds 1 in.—Goldfussia sp., Griff. Itin. Notes, 20, n. 309. 
Goldfussia sp. n. 27, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T., in great part. 
KnasrA and JArNTEA Mrs., alt. 3-5000 ft., common; Griffith, H. f. & T., &c. 
Suberect flexuose, or lax curved, 1-2 ft., hairy or glabrous. Lower leaves 3} by 
1} in. with petiole rarely 4 in., upper cordate sessile, sparsely lineolate above; nerves 
5 pair. Spikes 1-5 in, axillary, and forming a quasi-terminal panicle, secund, 
glabrous or sparingly glandular-hairy ; bracts scarcely ł in., ovate, opposite, usually 
only one bearing a flower ; bracteoles nearly as long as the bracts, linear. Calyx 
i 1n., divided nearly to the base; segment linear-lanceolate, somewhat enlarged in 
fruit. Corolla nearly straight, glabrous, purple or lilac ; cylindric base j in., ventri- 
cose part 1 in. Capsule 1-3 in., glabrous, 4-seeded. Seeds ovate, shaggy principally 
on the margin ; areoles small. . 
AR. ? microsperma ; leaves more distinctly serrate lower sessile cordate, capsule 
scarcely | in., seeds jj, in.—Khasia Mts., alt. 4-5000 ft., H. f. 4 T. Darjeeling; Jor 
Bungalow, alt. 7500 ft., Beddome.—The small seeds appear perfectly ripe. Col. 
ddome’s Darjeeling plant may be a new species. 
123. S. boerhaavioides, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. ix. 479; 
lower leaves long-petioled ovate acuminate crenate glabrate, spikes curved, 
Owers mostly remote not opposite, bracts very small ovate, corolla 1j in., 
seeds 3 in.—Goldfussia sp. n. 27, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. 4 T., in part. 
J pam HIMALAYA; Thomson. Kuasta Mrs. alt. 4-5000 ft.; Pomrang, 
Lower leaves 6} by 3 in. ; petiole 1-13 in., winged upwards, Otherwise so closely 
yembling S. rubescens type, that the species have been thrown into one in Herb. 
ew, 
124. S. Helictus, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 479; leaves lan- 
ceolate or elliptic acuminate at both ends glabrous, spikes elongate p 
twisted glabrous or viscous hairy, bracts linear shorter than the caly x, 
corolla 14 in. creamy-white. Ruellia calycina, Wall. Cat. 2417. ANY sasia 
calycina, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 90. Echinacanthus calycinus, 
Nees in DC, Prodr. xi. 168. t 
fr SIKKIM, alt. 6000 ft.; Treutler. KRHASIA and JAINTEA MTS., alt. 4000 ft. 
"quent ; Griffith, &c. PE 
la shrub, A ft.; branches sometimes pubescent upwards. Leaves 43 by » 14 in, 
neeolate (in the Sikkim example 4} by 2 in. elliptic), serrate; upper sur 
